New Marine Tank

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Just one guys point of view, but I was always fascinated my mantids and bought a peacock mantis... turns out I didn't care much for them... luckily my father enjoys him very much in his sump tank at his house... just be sure you absolutely want one before you get one...

You'll rarely see it.
 
Well, I followed yalls advice and I just added a T5 light to the tank and will be going open top. I am 100% not going with a mantis shrimp. I am working with my LFS on getting a yellow watchman goby and a pistol shrimp. Another week and I'll go ahead and add some snails and a few hermits. Its looking pretty good so far. I'm pretty stoaked;]


I had a few issues with AquaC Ramora Protien Skimmer. The maxi jet 1200 pump was fairly loud, but I found a fixed the problem. It has started to produce skimate after about seven days of running. I had to adjust the collection cup to the right level, but it seems to be working well.

I guess now I can start looking into a few easy corals put in there. I don't think I'll want to add anything like this for a few months just to make sure the fish are good to go, but with the added light I think I'll be able to house a few.
 
I definately wouldnt add corals for a while. Probably a couple months. Looks pretty good so far man, is that a 20 high instead of a 20 long? Slime algae are actually cyanobacteria and are a normal part of the cycle. You can add critters that like to eat it (hermit crabs, baby conch, or Chevron and Mimic tangs) or you can find a tank that is balanced and slime algae free and inoculate your tank with a few teaspoonsful of substrate. There are other microorganisms that eat the algae that can help you out.

You can also reduce the light cycle, or if there is nothing light sensitive in the tank, leave it in darkness for a couple of weeks. The algae cant grow without light and you dont need lights to cycle your tank.
 
I wouldn't recommend adding anything, as cichlid king mentioned it is part of the cycle and will go away on it's own. Cycle without the lights, they serve no purpose at this stage. You should start seeing diatoms soon. That being said, there does appear to be an excessive amount of algae for such a brief time, are you using tap or RODI water, it would explain a lot.
 
I'd be more inclined to say water circulation issue - add a powerhead or 2 to get that 02 movin' - Lights good for coraline growth and helps with diatom issues, bad for unwanted macro algaes.
 
Looks like he already has some coraling growing. Circulation cant hurt though
 
Cichlid king...I love your atlantic lionfish picture...and also hello from stevens point!

As far as the algae it seems a little early on in the going to point too many fingers.

I would test h2o quality of the h2o you are using for your tank and make sure that it is acceptable.

Other than that until the tank is fully cycled, stocked with a cuc, on a regular lighting and maintenance schedule it will be too early to see what algaes are actually going to be a problem. Sometimes these things go away by themselves early on.
 
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